Almost 60 percent of young adults are receiving financial aid from their parents and one in five are still living at home, reports The New York Times. This trend has become increasingly popular over the last few years, giving this particular generation of recent graduates the nickname “The Boomerang Kids,” as they leave for college and return home upon graduation.

Working in a professional or academic setting can be overwhelming and stressful all on its own. From tests to deadlines to projects, work can be a real nightmare sometimes, not to mention, when relationship problems, financial issues, family drama or crisis come into play as well.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community is fully emerged in an ongoing battle to be treated as legally and socially equal to those who identify with heterosexuality. Despite the massive strides that this country has taken with regard to discrimination, there are many people that find it hard to fathom that idea. The country has a deeply imbedded history of being resistant to things that are outside of the “norm,” so for those who are unsupportive of LGBT concerns, that kind of thinking may just be the product of environmental influence.

Starbucks recently announced its partnership with Arizona State University to offer a paid college education to its 135,000 United States employees.

The company is offering full reimbursement in ASU online courses for employees with two years of college credit and partial reimbursement for employees with less credit. The only thing the company requires to be eligible for the program is that the employee works at least 20 hours per week and maintains decent grades, according to the New York Times.

We all know that texting while driving is not only extremely dangerous, but also illegal in almost every state. But what happens when you are using a navigation app? What category does this distraction fall into, and should it be treated the same way as texting while driving? The New York Times delves deeper into the issue and the impact that the proposed transportation bill will have on the issue.

In a city where lobbying is one of the most common practices, Washington, D.C.’s under-the-radar lobbying efforts for the 2024 Summer Olympics may have been one of the quietest campaigns in the nation’s capital, The Washington Post Reports.

Parents have joined forces over the past year to lobby against both government and private-sector data-mining practices on students.

The “amateur activists” first focused on privately owned data collection agencies, which were able to advance unhindered in the wake of the scandals surrounding the NSA and the subsequent Congressional crackdown. The most powerful organizations are now able to collect “as many as 10 million unique data points on each child, each day,” according to POLITICO. One such company, inBloom, cracked earlier this spring under the growing pressure of the parent-led privacy movement.

With the school year coming to a close, New York Times reporter Jessica Lahey took the time to ask students what they wished teachers knew.With the school year coming to a close, New York Times reporter Jessica Lahey took the time to ask students what they wished teachers knew.

Thousands of Virginia state workers, 107,000 to be exact, are terrified of losing their jobs, due to an unresolved budget battle. If the General Assembly does not pass a state budget by July 1, government shutdown may be the consequence. What’s causing the disagreement? Medicaid.